I been seeing all these thread about how Halo3 beta is weak, and nothing special. Though I find myself saying what is so special about Halo3, its just about mindless shooter. But anywho, ever since the MS, started hyping the term "BETA", I been seeing these sony kids are starting to use the phrase "Beta". For instance, "Sign up for the Warhawk Beta", or "there is gonna be a playable Beta version of Killzone at E3!" or "uncharted, will there be a beta version to download soon?" I mean doesnt Beta really mean "DEMO"? Well at least MS did come up with something unique in naming their demos ,Beta. Man I cant wait for the Beta version of Super smash bros. Brawl!!!!!!!!!!!
I been seeing all these thread about how Halo3 beta is weak, and nothing special. Though I find myself saying what is so special about Halo3, its just about mindless shooter. But anywho, ever since the MS, started hyping the term "BETA", I been seeing these sony kids are starting to use the phrase "Beta". For instance, "Sign up for the Warhawk Beta", or "there is gonna be a playable Beta version of Killzone at E3!" or "uncharted, will there be a beta version to download soon?" I mean doesnt Beta really mean "DEMO"? Well at least MS did come up with something unique in naming their demos ,Beta. Man I cant wait for the Beta version of Super smash bros. Brawl!!!!!!!!!!!THE_PREZIDENT
Use wikiapedia please, Halo 3 beta is called Halo 3 beat because its running on a beta engine. Now dont we all feel smrt.
I been seeing all these thread about how Halo3 beta is weak, and nothing special. Though I find myself saying what is so special about Halo3, its just about mindless shooter. But anywho, ever since the MS, started hyping the term "BETA", I been seeing these sony kids are starting to use the phrase "Beta". For instance, "Sign up for the Warhawk Beta", or "there is gonna be a playable Beta version of Killzone at E3!" or "uncharted, will there be a beta version to download soon?" I mean doesnt Beta really mean "DEMO"? Well at least MS did come up with something unique in naming their demos ,Beta. Man I cant wait for the Beta version of Super smash bros. Brawl!!!!!!!!!!!THE_PREZIDENT
The term beta is not new, nor does it mean "demo". A beta version can be put out as a demo, but they do not need to be the same thing.
I been seeing all these thread about how Halo3 beta is weak, and nothing special. Though I find myself saying what is so special about Halo3, its just about mindless shooter. But anywho, ever since the MS, started hyping the term "BETA", I been seeing these sony kids are starting to use the phrase "Beta". For instance, "Sign up for the Warhawk Beta", or "there is gonna be a playable Beta version of Killzone at E3!" or "uncharted, will there be a beta version to download soon?" I mean doesnt Beta really mean "DEMO"? Well at least MS did come up with something unique in naming their demos ,Beta. Man I cant wait for the Beta version of Super smash bros. Brawl!!!!!!!!!!!THE_PREZIDENT
Lol, you actually think MS invented the term Beta???Â
I been seeing all these thread about how Halo3 beta is weak, and nothing special. Though I find myself saying what is so special about Halo3, its just about mindless shooter. But anywho, ever since the MS, started hyping the term "BETA", I been seeing these sony kids are starting to use the phrase "Beta". For instance, "Sign up for the Warhawk Beta", or "there is gonna be a playable Beta version of Killzone at E3!" or "uncharted, will there be a beta version to download soon?" I mean doesnt Beta really mean "DEMO"? Well at least MS did come up with something unique in naming their demos ,Beta. Man I cant wait for the Beta version of Super smash bros. Brawl!!!!!!!!!!!THE_PREZIDENT
MS didnt come up with the Beta phase in game development... Its a stage in development where for most developers you have finally come out of idea development (alpha stage) and starting to add in all the gameplay aspects along with some but possibly not all the textures or models of the final game. So no its not just a demo, its a stage in game development where the game is not totally complete and many things can change anywhere from graphics to even totally redefining the gameplay.Â
I been seeing all these thread about how Halo3 beta is weak, and nothing special. Though I find myself saying what is so special about Halo3, its just about mindless shooter. But anywho, ever since the MS, started hyping the term "BETA", I been seeing these sony kids are starting to use the phrase "Beta". For instance, "Sign up for the Warhawk Beta", or "there is gonna be a playable Beta version of Killzone at E3!" or "uncharted, will there be a beta version to download soon?" I mean doesnt Beta really mean "DEMO"? Well at least MS did come up with something unique in naming their demos ,Beta. Man I cant wait for the Beta version of Super smash bros. Brawl!!!!!!!!!!!THE_PREZIDENT
Since when has beta been a new word? Beta means that the core of the game is intact &Â they want user feedback so that they can make minor changes to the game before release if necassary.
[QUOTE="THE_PREZIDENT"]I been seeing all these thread about how Halo3 beta is weak, and nothing special. Though I find myself saying what is so special about Halo3, its just about mindless shooter. But anywho, ever since the MS, started hyping the term "BETA", I been seeing these sony kids are starting to use the phrase "Beta". For instance, "Sign up for the Warhawk Beta", or "there is gonna be a playable Beta version of Killzone at E3!" or "uncharted, will there be a beta version to download soon?" I mean doesnt Beta really mean "DEMO"? Well at least MS did come up with something unique in naming their demos ,Beta. Man I cant wait for the Beta version of Super smash bros. Brawl!!!!!!!!!!!htekemerald
Use wikiapedia please, Halo 3 beta is called Halo 3 beat because its running on a beta engine. Now dont we all feel smrt.
I have no idea what you're talking about, but how about you learn how to use Wikipedia? Halo 3 at this point is called "Halo 3 beta" because software development has stages, each of these stages have different names such as Alpha where new features are added to the software, then there is the beta stage where it is in the debug stage (debug is going through the code step by step, jumping in and out of functions, tracing variables, etc) and stable state where most of bugs have been eliminated. Right now Halo 3 is in the debug phase thus earning it the beta title.
Beta is when the dev need people to test the a early game ( mostly used for MMO ) , to see how the server handle the amount of people online , to find glitches quickly and to get user feedbacks . Ive been into alot of beta , and I can tell you that , the final game is a Giant leep foward compared to the beta ( Most the time ( there is always lazy dev :P )) .
MS didnt come up with the Beta phase in game development... Its a stage in development where for most developers you have finally come out of idea development (alpha stage) and starting to add in all the gameplay aspects along with some but possibly not all the textures or models of the final game. So no its not just a demo, its a stage in game development where the game is not totally complete and many things can change anywhere from graphics to even totally redefining the gameplay.Â
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I know, but Im just saying, sony developers liked the term, they probably saw how sucessful it was for MS in using it in Halo, probably if MS would'nt have used the term then sony would have used it.
MS didnt come up with the Beta phase in game development... Its a stage in development where for most developers you have finally come out of idea development (alpha stage) and starting to add in all the gameplay aspects along with some but possibly not all the textures or models of the final game. So no its not just a demo, its a stage in game development where the game is not totally complete and many things can change anywhere from graphics to even totally redefining the gameplay.
THE_PREZIDENT
I know, but Im just saying, sony developers liked the term, they probably saw how sucessful it was for MS in using it in Halo, probably if MS would'nt have used the term then sony would have used it.
How sucessful the word was for MS? The word isnt for them to be sucessful or not its for them to state what stage in development the game is, just like when a developer declares they are going gold. Going gold doesnt suddnely make the game popular, that just lets everyone know the game is finished and being preped to go to the mass producers.Â
MS didnt come up with the Beta phase in game development... Its a stage in development where for most developers you have finally come out of idea development (alpha stage) and starting to add in all the gameplay aspects along with some but possibly not all the textures or models of the final game. So no its not just a demo, its a stage in game development where the game is not totally complete and many things can change anywhere from graphics to even totally redefining the gameplay.Â
THE_PREZIDENT
I know, but Im just saying, sony developers liked the term, they probably saw how sucessful it was for MS in using it in Halo, probably if MS would'nt have used the term then sony would have used it.What the hell? Everyone uses it. Everyone has used it. You're making it sound like it's a new thing.
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